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Post by Sharbs on Nov 14, 2019 5:09:55 GMT
I literally just had a conversation earlier today about hitting milestones in life and it's a damn shame that I and most people base our life's worth on accomplishments rather than the effect you have on others and how you're affected by those around you. Trey Edward Shults just wants us to be kind. It's an age old sentiment in everyday talk and art, but a rarely lived in ideal. This is a story about the human condition. Truly moving. Soundtrack is dynamite.
Kelvin Harrison Jr. is having perhaps the best 2019 of any actor so far maybe only matched by Dever. INCREDIBLE.
Taylor Russell is luminous and moving in her role where every emotion is worn only skin deep and bursts. INCREDIBLE.
Sterling K. Brown will break your heart.
I vote we put Lucas Hedges in a time capsule and keep all his characters in high school forever. His best work.
Shults FINALLY wears the Malick on his sleeve. Wow.
9.5-10/10 very few quibbles with the techs, but honestly who cares.
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Post by Sharbs on Nov 14, 2019 5:15:46 GMT
Also I think Brown is the only shot this movie has for a nomination because the Academy can be dumb as rocks
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Post by quetee on Nov 14, 2019 5:27:42 GMT
I'm hoping for a bp nod and at least two acting nods. Ugh. This was my wish draft pick in FL. I can't wait to see it.
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Post by Lubezki on Nov 14, 2019 5:47:08 GMT
Ugh. This was my wish draft pick in FL.
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Post by Allenism on Nov 14, 2019 13:50:12 GMT
Unfortunately I don't seeing it netting any nominations, I think A24 is putting all of their muscle behind other contenders. It's probaly the most surprising film I've seen all year (alongside Parasite) and I applaud Schults for how he structures the narrative although not all of his other directorial "flourishes" fully pay off. MVP of the cast is probaly Russell in a true breakout role.
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Post by Sharbs on Nov 14, 2019 15:33:23 GMT
Unfortunately I don't seeing it netting any nominations, I think A24 is putting all of their muscle behind other contenders. It's probaly the most surprising film I've seen all year (alongside Parasite) and I applaud Schults for how he structures the narrative although not all of his other directorial "flourishes" fully pay off. MVP of the cast is probaly Russell in a true breakout role. yeah i agree that this won't get in anywhere a starch comparison to me predicting it in everything last week. But having seen it Brown is the only one with even the slightest possibility, but it's still a very long shot.
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Post by getclutch on Jan 20, 2020 17:54:05 GMT
Yeah, pretty much everything you said was spot on. Really admired the acting by everybody & also thoroughly enjoyed the music/soundtrack. Little frustrating it got no nods. Not sure how far Shults will go as a director. However, he is off to a great start.
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Jan 25, 2020 17:28:17 GMT
Very good character and family drama about an upper class family. The film focuses on the two teenage children of the family and is told in two parts. The first part is definitely the stronger part. It is about the son, wonderfully played by Kelvin Harrison Jr. who really turns into a fantastic performance. The story really shows fantastic character development and an interesting story of a young man on the edge to break together. The second part suffers a bit from two rather uninteresting protagonists. While Taylor Russell really gives a good performance and makes the very best out of her character, the role itself is not so exciting as there is hardly any development. Also Lucas Hedges' role is rather uninteresting, although it had potential. His performance is not really great either. In the middle of both we have Sterling K. Brown and Renée Elise Goldsbery who both give Top 10 performances. Brown convinces as the strict but good hearted father and Goldsberry is the loving and sensitive mother. The story is excellently written and directed and absolutely convinces with his original and unique cinematography and its unexpected use of colors. This is absolutely award worthy and underrated. Same goes to the editing that wonderfully puts the film together linked with a fantastic and very related soundtrack. Those were the masterful parts of the film. I just wish the second half would have been as great as the first, so the film really could have ended up as a masterpiece. Still what it tries to tell us is important.... healing just works with forgiveness and this is a powerful and very relevant message.
Nominations for:
Best Cinematography Best Editing
Rating: 8/10
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Post by Film Socialism on Jan 25, 2020 19:05:52 GMT
ironically all of my friends hate this and really like Luce (the other kelvin flick this year) which seems to run opposite of what the board thinks
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Post by Drish on Jan 25, 2020 23:10:57 GMT
I just saw this. I bloody HATED those rap songs they played the entire movie even during those intense scenes and the constant change in the aspect ratio BUT still this movie broke my heart. One of my favorite ensembles of the year led by a beautiful Sterling K. Brown. And idk, Lucas Hedges was so sexy in it.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 29, 2020 20:23:20 GMT
Didn't feel strongly about this one either way. Russell and Brown were terrific. Hedges was sweet. Cinematography was fine. Animal Collective is dope. Kelvin Harrison Jr's sixpack...yummy
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Post by Pasquale on Feb 23, 2020 12:12:58 GMT
After an unusual act, follows a scene that should be hailed, one of the best of last year.
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Post by Viced on Mar 17, 2020 14:12:32 GMT
I think it's both underwritten and overdirected to an almost comical extent... but it somehow mostly works.
It hit me emotionally... and Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell were terrific. Soundtrack is definitely a bit on the nose, but doesn't really detract from it.
7ish/10 for me... I think Shults has improved with each film, though he should probably find a co-writer.
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